Prelude vs. Interlude

Difference Between Prelude and Interlude
Preludenoun
An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
Interludenoun
An intervening episode, etc.
Preludenoun
(music) A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece.
Interludenoun
An entertainment between the acts of a play.
Preludenoun
(computing) A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
Interludenoun
(music) A short piece put between the parts of a longer composition.
Preludenoun
(figurative) A forerunner to anything.
Interludeverb
(transitive) To provide with an interlude.
Preludeverb
To introduce something, as a prelude.
Interludenoun
an intervening period or episode
Preludeverb
To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
Interludenoun
a brief show (music or dance etc) performed between the sections of another performance
Preludenoun
something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
training is a necessary preliminary to employmentdrinks were the overture to dinnerInterludeverb
perform an interlude;
The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisationPreludenoun
music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
Preludeverb
serve as a prelude or opening to
Preludeverb
play as a prelude